IBC365 is launching a weekly mini podcast series, “Accelerating Innovation”, where some of the sharpest minds in media and entertainment reveal their thinking and approach to innovation, creating the ultimate guide to staying ahead in the fast-paced world of media and technology.
Presenter Omar Mehtab will bring his expertise and dynamic personality to the series. Mehtab has a rich background from the BBC’s acclaimed technology show Click and a career spanning major programmes like Panorama and News at Six and Ten.
The podcast aims to unravel innovation mysteries, explore groundbreaking advancements and decode modern tech complexities. From AI’s business impact to new streaming trends, each episode offers actionable insights for tech and business leaders in media.
The podcast will be published every Wednesday from 31 July, with each episode putting the spotlight on a tech leader to ask what is the top challenge you are trying to solve in your business right now.
Each episode goes behind the scenes, with industry practitioners to lift the lid on innovative projects that are reshaping the media world, as well as checking in with this year’s IBC Accelerators. Each week there will be an exclusive update on selected projects - tracking their progress and impact to date.
What to Expect Over the 6-Week Series:
Streaming strategies: The FAST and the curious
What drives fast channel success in today’s crowded market? Rakuten TV takes us through why and how it’s rolled out new FAST channels as part of its ongoing growth strategy. And we speak to the EBU on optimal streaming strategies for today’s landscape.
Business transformation: Transformation with a capital T
How do you accelerate innovation within a legacy organisation? Innovation is not always new, but new ways of thinking about the old. Uncover how legacy giants like Sky, A+E and ITV embrace innovation, become more t-shaped and drive transformative value and purpose.
Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation, digital replicas and detection tools
We are living in a world of fake news and disinformation. How much do you trust your media? We hear from organisations including BBC and ITN on how they are using tech to navigate the truth to ensure audiences receive trustworthy content.
Tech for good: The good, the bad and the savvy
We look at how organisations are driving conversations and collaboration and leveraging tech to improve workflows, empower storytelling and enhance audience experiences. Explore how NPO and Reuters are building all the good stuff into their blueprint and making a positive impact.
New solutions: New audiences, new skills, new tech
Dive into the latest tech solutions, new workflows and new skills that are reshaping the way we work. How are businesses staying on top of the latest trends and experimenting to make the right strategic decisions for business success?
Multimedia experiences: Changing the game
Engage with the latest in seamless storytelling and transmedia, captivating new young audiences across all channels including gaming and esports.
Tune in for an engaging journey into technological innovation
About the host, Omar Mehtab, Journalist and Presenter:
Omar Mehtab is an East London-born and based multimedia journalist. Most recently, Omar was a correspondent at The News Movement. He has spent the majority of his career at the BBC - working with their flagship technology show, Click - which broadcasts internationally.
He has also created content for other major programmes, such as Panorama, The Travel Show, Victoria Derbyshire, Trending, News at Six and Ten, Asian Network News, and the RTS Television Magazine.
As someone who believes in truly understanding his craft, Omar does it all - and that includes reporting, producing, filming, editing, directing, and writing - across television, radio, and online.
From showcasing how e-scooters can transform urban transport to investigating how influencers get hoodwinked into flogging fake products, he was Click’s go-to reporter whenever they need insights into any aspect of digital culture.
But Omar also loves to step behind the camera instead of just being in front of it. Be it showing how haptic feedback shirts allowed deaf ravers to ‘feel’ music or how preventing cyber-attacks gave an army veteran a new purpose in life, Omar places great importance in highlighting how technology may shape or affect people’s lives.
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